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But the first line says he was stopped for driving without a licence. The knife isn't mentioned in the body of the text. I would have thought the lack of a licence was secondary to the issue.

Maybe they accidentally missed it out?
 
First rule of writing news is that it should be top-heavy: many readers only see the headline. A few more will read the first sentence, and so on. So you summarise the story in the headline, repeat the story in the first sentence with a longer summary, then add detail in the following paras. You also assume that the end of the story could be cut for space reasons. And you know that most readers will never get to the end anyway. So you put the least important bits at the end of the story. Leaving the KNIFE hanging below the end of the story in an addendum which you haven't written.....nought out of ten.

A new, digital way to do garbage news is the clickbait model. It's bottom-heavy: you just have a questioning headline to persuade the poor reader to open another page where you eventually reveal a factoid. This is reserved for silly filler stories about cats and Kardashians, not for hard news about a CRIMINAL WITH A KNIFE.
 
David Clapson said:
First rule of writing news is that it should be top-heavy: many readers only see the headline. A few more will read the first sentence, and so on. So you summarise the story in the headline, repeat the story in the first sentence with a longer summary, then add detail in the following paras. You also assume that the end of the story could be cut for space reasons. And you know that most readers will never get to the end anyway. So you put the least important bits at the end of the story. Leaving the KNIFE hanging below the end of the story in an addendum which you haven't written.....nought out of ten.

A new, digital way to do garbage news is the clickbait model. It's bottom-heavy: you just have a questioning headline to persuade the poor reader to open another page where you eventually reveal a factoid. This is reserved for silly filler stories about cats and Kardashians, not for hard news about a CRIMINAL WITH A KNIFE.
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The likes of the Daily Star are big fans of the second model, in their printed editions. 'Victoria Beckham sex video shock' turns out to be nothing of the sort once you get past the big headline.
 
Tbf, mention of a knife is sometimes just face-saving bullshit from the Polis and doesn't result in an offensive weapon charge. Perhaps this knife was a legitimately carried tool. Puncture-plugging kits contain a knife. I would always have one in my car, if I had a car. Or perhaps it was a tiny weeny blade on a credit card sized multitool. Perhaps the guy is no criminal but the Polis have suckered me into labelling him as one. :(
 
friendofdorothy said:
About third or so of the litter was Macdonalds crap, perhaps they be fined /charged to clear it up. If they have mass catering going on on Windrush square why not make the the stall holders pay to have big commercial / recycling bins there too. Obvious the usual bins are not big enough. I thought young people generally more green / recycling minded - but obviously I was wrong.


My route to work - all in Lambeth - involves me negotiating lots of rubbish somewhere on the route each day of the week. Those bloody food buckets are useless and there is rotten food everywhere spread about by the foxes, cats and crows.
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friendofdorothy said:
there were road sweepers out - saw a chap on our way out who said he was on duty until ten. Then saw 2 other sweepers at about 3am and they seemed to be doing a good job against the odds - they had a mountain of rubbish to deal with. I wonder if the cleaners get paid more for working overnight?

I'm not sure about a 24 hour 'entertainment zone'. They are closing down so many night clubs and pubs - often the better/cheaper ones. Why should low paid workers have to work unsociable hours just because pissed young people want to eat fast food and piss in the street in middle of the night? is this the 24 economy that London needs?
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friendofdorothy said:
there were road sweepers out - saw a chap on our way out who said he was on duty until ten. Then saw 2 other sweepers at about 3am and they seemed to be doing a good job against the odds - they had a mountain of rubbish to deal with. I wonder if the cleaners get paid more for working overnight?

I'm not sure about a 24 hour 'entertainment zone'. They are closing down so many night clubs and pubs - often the better/cheaper ones. Why should low paid workers have to work unsociable hours just because pissed young people want to eat fast food and piss in the street in middle of the night? is this the 24 economy that London needs?
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fuckers, the people who just sling the stuff. Turn communal areas into shitholes and not give it a thought. Id give 1k fines. These are not kids or teens, I see adults doing it just as much. Zero awreness of others. 1k fines.
 
Twattor said:
They've probably sold the car park on to another company, who then lease the rights for customer parking back to the supermarket. They use number-plate recognition and paid access to the DVLA database to charge for those using the space for longer than reasonably necessary. As long as you've got a receipt you're generally OK.

I have a vague recollection of customers in a halfords car park all being stung recently after a car crash blocked the exit and they all passed the 90 mins allowed with a receipt. It might even have been Brixton, but I'm not sure.
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so what happens if you don't pay? I got one rcently at brockwell lido cp when i was 10 mintues after the alloted 1.5 hours of free parking.
 
Maharani said:
so what happens if you don't pay? I got one rcently at brockwell lido cp when i was 10 mintues after the alloted 1.5 hours of free parking.
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The law has changed and they can now enforce the fine by taking you to court. They may or may not bother. It's a bummer but in your case I'd probably pay up as I did overstay the 2 free hours. They had to do something with that car park because people were taking the piss and parking there all day so it was always full from 8am. 2 free hours seems reasonable and there is an option to pay for extra time.
 
As I understand it, I can get a copy of Lidl's cctv, if I'm on it, for £10 under the data protection act. I wonder if that would work instead of a receipt.
 
Ms T said:
The law has changed and they can now enforce the fine by taking you to court. They may or may not bother. It's a bummer but in your case I'd probably pay up as I did overstay the 2 free hours. They had to do something with that car park because people were taking the piss and parking there all day so it was always full from 8am. 2 free hours seems reasonable and there is an option to pay for extra time.
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Yeah, I didn't realise I'd run over. They normally give some leeway.
 
Lots of police cars and blue lights at bit of green space north of Max Roach park at 9.20am this morning. Looked like something happening in the flats rather than RTA.
 
Ms T said:
Did they not accept a print out of your bank statement?
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I've sent it this morning. There is only the date which the transaction hit the account, not the date of transaction itself. I'll see what they come back with.
 
Smick said:
I've sent it this morning. There is only the date which the transaction hit the account, not the date of transaction itself. I'll see what they come back with.
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Mine was cancelled pretty much straight away just with the bank statement.
 
teuchter said:
More rubbish bins on streets could perhaps help.
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Now. I am convinced that bins are currently being *removed* from central Brixton. First the one in Tributy Gardens, then the one by M&S. What I have found surprising is that the areas around where the bins used to be are probably less littered than before. I have several theories, but one is that the filthy fuckers who do things like park in Brighton Terrace and chuck their plastic food boxes out of the window aren't civilised enough to use bins anyway so it doesn't matter.
 
Don't know if this is still in force, it certainly was when I left the Beehive at 11.30 pm
GRESHAM ROAD SW9: Route 35 45 345 P4 subject to delay and diversion Gresham Road SW9 closed both ways due to a road traffic collision at junction with Brixton Road. P4 is turning around at Loughborough Junction and will not be serving stops between Brixton and Loughborough. Apologies for the inconvenience this causes.
 
Booo. They've tarmac'd over the 'cobblestone' setts that used to be on Valencia Place.

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Twattor said:
Sad, but probably for health and safety reasons. The council could get a nasty suing should someone trip on those, which would be bad for their financial heath and the safety of their seats.
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You'd have to work extra-hard to trip over that surface.
 
Brixton's 'Burka raiders' are going daaaahn because they looked too geezery....

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Two men who robbed a pawnbrokers with an imitation gun while dressed in burkas were foiled after passers-by noticed they did not walk like women.

The members of the public raised the alarm and unarmed officers tackled Michael Lindo, 34, and Aaron Dumetz, 24, as they fled the scene in Brixton.

The pair grabbed cash and jewellery worth more than £64,000 after holding two terrified women at gunpoint at the Harvey and Thompson pawnbrokers in Atlantic Road in May this year.

The two men - dressed in full length black burkas - marched into the store as the two staff members were opening up, one was vaccuuming the floor and the other placing jewellery in the window
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http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crim...c-realised-they-walked-like-men-a2922976.html
 
SpamMisery said:
I'm sure this has been posted here already but I can't find it now, but just incase you haven't seen, the Duke of Edinburgh pub has received listed status <snip> Bugger, just found it. CH1 said it a few posts ago
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Good news deserves to be heard twice. :)
 
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